John Brown's Dictionary of Bible Characters

[toddpedlar]

Monergism has the book mentioned in the thread title. Has anyone a copy? How's it look? I'm very interested, but am curious how the text looks, and what a typical entry in the dictionary looks like. The standard blurb for this book isn't terribly enlightening, but I'm thinking just about anything by Brown (of Haddington) is worthwhile...

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

I mentioned it here a couple of weeks ago. I have ordered a copy. Will be glad to share my thoughts after it arrives and I can peruse it.

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Now that I've had an opportunity to look over the 2007 edition of Brown's Dictionary of Bible Characters and compare it with his Dictionary of the Holy Bible, I am very pleased with the modern extract.

The modern edition is very easy to read. Modern scripture reference notations are used in lieu of roman numerals, for example. I detected occasional editorial changes which appear minor and may be the result of critical review. A list of authors quoted by Brown is included, along with Geoffrey Stonier's introduction and John Brown Patterson's biographical sketch of his grandfather.

This is highly recommended!